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One of the many tourist attactions in Marrakesh, the open food market. Credit: Vladimir Pcholkin Remains of bombed cafe a constant reminder of extremist threat

Djemaa-el-Fna square in Marrakesh teems with people two years after deadly terrorist act

The owner of a Dutch meat wholesaler has been detained on suspicion of fraud and forgery for his alleged involvement in false labelling of meat products. Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters Dutch man arrested on suspicion of supplying horsemeat as beef
  • Europe
  • Reuters
  • May 23, 2013, 15:43

Meat wholesaler allegedly processed 300 tonnes of meat from suppliers in Ireland, Netherlands and Britain

A team of climbers, including 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer Yuichiro Miura, stand on the summit of Mount Everest this morning. Photograph: Kyodo/Reuters Japanese octogenarian becomes oldest person to summit Everest

Yuichiro Miura completed climb for third time in 10 years

Migrants wait to disembark from an Italian navy ship in Sicily after being rescued from a Turkish cargo ship in 2009. Photograph: AP Amnesty report rebukes EU for ‘failing to guarantee’ the safety of asylum seekers

Human rights report claims lives are put at risk by border control measures

A forensic anthropology team unearths the remains of unidentified immigrants from a cemetery in Falfurrias, Texas. Teams from Baylor University and the University of Indianapolis are exhuming the bodies of more than 50 immigrants who died, mostly from heat exhaustion, while crossing illegally from Mexico into the United States. Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images Tighter border security means more migrants die while trying to enter US, according to Amnesty

Large number of unidentified bodies found in Arizona over past decade

Syrian refugees wait in line for a daily bread ration distributed by the World Food Program at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan. Photograph: Lynsey Addario/The New York Times Syria’s refugee exodus now at more than 1.5 million

Influx testing neighbouring states

Syrian refugees build a makeshift tent while waiting for a trailer from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan. Photograph: Lynsey Addario/The New York Times Conflicts like Syria creating ‘global underclass’ of refugees – Amnesty

Donors urged to act on refugee crisis

The unrest started May 19th in Husby - an area constructed in the 1970s and dotted with high-rise apartment blocks - about a week after police killed a 69-year-old man brandishing a knife. Photograph: Fredrik Sandberg/Scanpix/Reuters Sweden riots spread to south of capital

Stockholm unrest spreads to south of city as violence continues into fourth night

Attackt are the first suicide attacks in Niger since a French-led offensive in January to oust Islamist rebels from neighbouring northern Mali. Image: Google Maps Suicide bombers kill at least 20 in Niger

Military barracks and French-owned uranium mine Areva attacked in north

Ingrid Loyau-Kennett speaks to one of the two men arrested at the scene of the Woolwich murder yesterday. Woman describes confronting Woolwich killers
  • UK
  • May 23, 2013, 08:29

Witnesses say pair who beheaded soldier wanted to get caught

A police officer carries flowers near the scene where a soldier was killed on a street in Woolwich, southeast London yesterday. Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters Woolwich suspects were known to British security services
  • UK
  • May 23, 2013, 07:49

Soldier murdered in London in suspected terrorist attack

The killing of Anwar al-Awlaki was the first, and only, publicly known case in which a US citizen was deliberately targeted for killing by drone strike. Photograph: US Navy/Jeffrey S Viano/Reuters US admits killing four Americans in drone strikes
  • US
  • May 23, 2013, 07:23

Attorney general confirms the US had ‘specifically targeted and killed’ citizen in Yemen in 2011

Italian businessman Marcello Di Finizio displays a banner to protest against austerity measures, on the dome of St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. Photograph: Alessandro Bianchi Millions of Italians sliding into poverty, say reports

National statistics agency claims 8.6 million people are in ‘serious economic difficulty’

Firefighters extinguish a burning car, following riots in the Stockholm suburb of Kista. Photograph: Reuters Three nights’ rioting in deprived areas of Stockholm shocks placid Sweden

Hundreds of young people torch cars and attack police in capital’s immigrant areas

Men lay a floral tribute close to the scene where a man was murdered in Woolwich. Photograph: Nick Ansell/PA Wire ‘We have done this because Muslims are dying every day. . . We will never stop ’
  • UK
  • Foreign staff
  • May 23, 2013, 01:00

Film of Woolwich atrocity sees apparent perpetrators explain their actions

A Lebanese army soldier walks on a patrol after being in the northern port city of Tripoli. Photograph: Omar Ibrahim/Reuters Troops push into strategic rebel-held Syrian town

At least 10 killed since Sunday in battle for Qusayr near Lebanese border

British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande, adjust their earpieces during a press conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Photograph: Thibault Camus/AP Hollande and Cameron alter position on Syria solution

Leaders step back from previous commitment to arm Syrian rebels

A woman and children walk by debris left after a tornado tore through the area, in Moore, Oklahoma. Photograph: Christopher Gregory/The New York Times Search continues for survivors of Oklahoma tornado
  • US
  • May 23, 2013, 01:00

At least 24 people, including 10 children, one a four-month-old baby, were killed and 240 others injured

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A police officer carries flowers near the scene where a soldier was killed on a street in Woolwich, southeast London yesterday. Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters Woolwich suspects were known to British security services
The owner of a Dutch meat wholesaler has been detained on suspicion of fraud and forgery for his alleged involvement in false labelling of meat products. Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters Dutch man arrested on suspicion of supplying horsemeat as beef
The unrest started May 19th in Husby - an area constructed in the 1970s and dotted with high-rise apartment blocks - about a week after police killed a 69-year-old man brandishing a knife. Photograph: Fredrik Sandberg/Scanpix/Reuters Sweden riots spread to south of capital
A team of climbers, including 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer Yuichiro Miura, stand on the summit of Mount Everest this morning. Photograph: Kyodo/Reuters Japanese octogenarian becomes oldest person to summit Everest

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